Nick Brutal over at Destructoid had a lovely conversation with a Sony rep this past Christmas Eve at a local EB Games. Seems the PS3 kiosk at the store had been locking up regularly since it arrived, and Mr. Brutal there decided to ask the rep why.

"So dude over there," I said pointing to the busy clerk, "says he keeps the kiosk off because it keeps freezing up."

"Nope. No it doesn't."

"Well, actually, yeah. It does. I've seen it happen myself."

"No. It doesn't. We did that on purpose," he said.

"You make the entire console lock up on purpose because ... why?"

"We do that so that people won't play it all day long," he explained. "Specifically during Motorstorm, we made it freeze up a lot."

The only question I have is if the rep actually believes this bullshit, or if he is actively lying through his teeth. I called the GameStop I work at during the holidays and conducted a quick survey. Not one employee there, myself included, has ever seen the kiosk freeze up. We generally have to flip the switch on the fuse box on and off from the back room when people play too long. We'd better get on the phone with Sony ASAP and ask for a unit that freezes up as intended! Michael Fahey

PlayStation 3 kiosks freezing up ... on purpose! [Destructoid via Slashdot]

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